Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 37

Space Launch Complex 37
	Delta IV Heavy lifts off from SLC-37B in June 2016 carrying NROL-37
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Location	28°31′55″N 80°34′01″W / 28.531986°N 80.566821°W
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short name	SLC-37
Operator	United States Space Force
Total launches	43
Orbital inclination ; range	28° - 57°
Status
LC-37A launch history
Status	Demolished
Launches	None
First launch	Unused
Associated; rockets	Proposed: Starship; Plans cancelled: Saturn I, Saturn IB
SLC-37B launch history
Status	Inactive
Launches	43
First launch	29 January 1964; Saturn I (SA-5)
Last launch	9 April 2024; Delta IV Heavy (NROL-70)
Associated; rockets	Proposed: Starship; Retired: Saturn I, Saturn IB, Delta IV, Delta IV Heavy

Space Launch Complex 37^[2]^[3] (SLC-37), previously Launch Complex 37 (LC-37), is a launch complex on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Originally built to support the Apollo program, the complex consists of two launch pads: LC-37A and SLC-37B. Pad 37A has never been used, while 37B hosted Saturn I and Saturn IB launches in the 1960s as well as Delta IV and Delta IV Heavy launches from 2002 to 2024.

Currently, the pad is not officially leased to anyone. However, SpaceX is expected to become the next tenant of SLC-37 for use as a launch site for Starship, so far possessing a limited right of entry and a draft environmental impact statement.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Space Force Starship EIS – Environmental Impact Statement for SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station". Retrieved 2025-06-10.
^ McDowell, Jonathan (1998-02-22). "Issue 350". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Archived from the original on 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
^ "Delta-IV Heavy to launch last DSP satellite". www.afspc.af.mil. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011.
^ Clark, Stephen (June 9, 2025). "Prepping for Starship, SpaceX is about to demolish one of ULA's launch pads". Ars Technica. New York: Condé Nast. Archived from the original on June 11, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.

[:0-1] "Space Force Starship EIS – Environmental Impact Statement for SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station". Retrieved 2025-06-10.

[2] McDowell, Jonathan (1998-02-22). "Issue 350". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Archived from the original on 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2009-07-09.

[3] "Delta-IV Heavy to launch last DSP satellite". www.afspc.af.mil. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011.

[Ars_Tech_June_2025-4] Clark, Stephen (June 9, 2025). "Prepping for Starship, SpaceX is about to demolish one of ULA's launch pads". Ars Technica. New York: Condé Nast. Archived from the original on June 11, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.

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